It appears as if LSU is casting a rather expansive net in Les Miles’ search to fill a hole in his coaching staff.
Wednesday it was reported that Miles interviewed Georgia wide receivers coach Tony Ball for the same position with the Tigers. A day later, the New Orleans Times-Picayune is reporting that Miles will interview Maryland’s Keenan McCardell for that same opening.
According to the Times-Picayune, McCardell is in Baton Rouge today for the interview.
The 45-year-old McCardell has been an assistant coach for just four years, the first three of which came at the NFL level (Washington Redskins). His first college job was as the receivers coach at Maryland, for which he was hired in January of last year. On his Maryland profile page, his primary recruiting areas are listed as Delaware, Northern Florida and Texas (Houston).
McCardell, who played his college football at UNLV, got off to a late start to his coaching career because of a 17-year playing career as an NFL receiver.
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